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Is “<insert-working-class-job> nostalgia” an everywhere thing, or limited to America?

• rfrey 5y ago
  It's not nostalgia. It's an observation that the middle class is shrinking. There used to be lots of jobs that supported families that are now subsistence labour. "Well, you shoulda been a programmer" is not a satisfactory solution to the problem.
  • burrows 5y ago
    > It's not nostalgia. It's an observation that the middle class is shrinking. Sounds like nostalgia of some sort, “Remember the good old days when we could all drive trucks then just come home and drink a Bud in front of the TeeVee.” Middle class, working class, lower class America is completely fucking brain dead, burn it to the fucking ground.
  • knownjorbist 5y ago
    Behold, the shrinking American middle class: https://twitter.com/scottlincicome/status/1440064105444904961 https://twitter.com/scottlincicome/status/144006410544490496...
    • tremon 5y ago
      Doesn't that graph non-critically equate cost of living increases with monetary inflation? I other words, it doesn't take into account the fact that many assets (such as housing) have increased in price much more than inflation would suggest, nor does it takes into account changes in basic necessities (one landline vs 3+ mobile internet subscriptions, one new POTS phone every 10 years vs 3+ new cell phones every other year).